As I mentioned earlier, we had planned our Florida vacation down to each day. We had purchased the 4 Park-Hopper pass, which meant that considering how altogether we had 5 full days, one of those got to be a "free" day, sans theme park. To be honest, they get quite tiring so this was strategically sandwiched right in the middle of the trip (Day 3). What to do then? We wanted to do absolutely nothing. And the best place to do this? On the Worlds Finest, whitest sand, of course.
Because of the many parks to choose from in Disneyworld, it doesn't hurt a little bit to plan out your days or the order in which you're going to do them in (as is most vacations in general, but park-hopping takes strategy!). One thing we all agreed on was that we wanted Magic Kingdom to be our very last stop, overall because it is the epitome of Disneyworld but most importantly because of the traditional Electrical Parade and Fireworks show offered at the end of the night. I remember this being my favorite part as a kid. As the night progressed however, some clouds decided to roll in, some lighting began to spark throughout the sky, and there were speculations of a huge downpour about to rain on our parade... but of course, it's Florida right? No big surprise there. My family and I ended up standing under Cinderella's castle awaiting the expected showers for about 15 minutes and I swear my Fairy Godmother heard me wish for it "just not to rain tonight, please" and bippity boppity boo, it never did. Syke! The Electrical Parade at that point had already been cancelled, but thankfully the fireworks show - aptly titled "Wishes" - did go on.
As I'm sure you all know, I've just recently gotten back from a family vacation down to Orlando, FL. And right after that, literally the day after, my best friend and I road-tripped it over to the beautiful British Columbia, to hit up the Fairmont Hot Springs as we've been doing every Summer since 2006. Yeah, I'm dark now. Not only have I been on a slight hiatus from the Blog, but from Life itself, too. It's nice to getaway for a while, especially when it's with people you love to be around, but in the end it is just a getaway and you find yourself wanting to come back, no?
Yesterday was my first shift at work since my vacation, and it's funny how you can go almost 2 weeks without working only to come back to the Store and have everything still operate the exact same... retail is retail but it's the people that make the days different. That being said, on a heavier note, currently the atmosphere in the Store is somber and reminiscent; one of our girls that used to work with us got into a car accident this past weekend and has passed away. My thoughts and prayers go out to all friends and family affected by this terrible event.
After this week, I'll be starting to work full-time, 5 days a week, 8 hour shifts... meaning less blogging, more money. Oh and by the way, we hit 500+ posts not too long ago! Yay, go me. More milestones that are happening in my Life? Um, my iPhone randomly broke, so I'm heading off to buy the 3G today. I guess you could call that a milestone and I guess you could call that an upgrade.
Slowly getting everything back into order... have some "bills" to pay, a million things to post about, new clothes, new toys, I have yet to do my laundry, oh my gosh and Summer is halfway done already.
Jess' adorable little cousins... a little bit about them: their favorite restaurant is Moxie's because of the Volcano Sundae (dry ice = winner) and also they enjoy sneaking into our room in the mornings and whispering to each other: "The girls are here!"
